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LBM20

(1,580 posts)
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 12:48 PM Oct 2018

Kavanaugh was ALWAYS going to be confirmed and the R's were ALWAYS going to keep the Senate.

Or at least MOST LIKELY KEEP THE SENATE.

The odds of re-taking the Senate were ALWAYS very slim because we have SO many more seats to defend.

Kavanaugh ALWAYS had the votes. Period! This was NO surprise.

We can take the US House and state and local level seats ALL OVER THE MAP next month.

So enough of ANY dooming and glooming. We have GREAT opportunities.

The GOP "Kavanaugh Bounce" is just that. A short bounce. The ball comes back down. And our side ALSO has an ANGER bounce over Kavanaugh that will resonate especially in the US House races, and state and local races.

So, go knock doors, make calls, put up signs, talk to folks, and vote vote vote.

SMASH the GOP!

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rampartc

(5,835 posts)
1. +1 those state legislatures are more important than ever
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 12:51 PM
Oct 2018

we really don't want them to call a constitutional convention.

 

LBM20

(1,580 posts)
6. Yes! This one was ALWAYS going to be VERY VERY hard because we have SO many more to defend.
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 12:53 PM
Oct 2018

mcar

(46,058 posts)
7. That's right
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 12:55 PM
Oct 2018

2018 Senate shouldn't even be in play at all for us. The fact that there's even a slight chance is remarkable.

In It to Win It

(12,651 posts)
13. I think that had the GOP held on to the Alabama seat...
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 01:08 PM
Oct 2018

The Senate would have been out of question.

 

LBM20

(1,580 posts)
14. It was always a very slim chance given we have SO many seats to defend. But we can win the HOUSE.
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 01:09 PM
Oct 2018
 

manor321

(3,344 posts)
8. But
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 12:58 PM
Oct 2018

But just sit back and think for a moment just how tremendously awful the Republican party has been. And yet they will still keep the Senate.

Think how few people in the country Republicans need to control the Senate.

They have tremendous power.

 

LBM20

(1,580 posts)
11. But can't get bogged down in that thinking. Focus on winning the US HOUSE and state/local races.
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 01:01 PM
Oct 2018
 

LBM20

(1,580 posts)
10. "CHANCE" but very slim because of the numbers we have to defend. BUT, we have a MUCH BETTER CHANCE
Sun Oct 7, 2018, 01:00 PM
Oct 2018

of the US House and state and local races.

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